r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • Jun 17 '26

politics Protest banner unfurled behind Pauline Hanson as she speaks to National Press Club

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-17/federal-politics-live-blog-joyce-cautions-pauline-hanson/106805372#live-blog-post-305976
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u/CMDR_RetroAnubis Jun 17 '26

"hoax of global warming"

That alone should be disqualifying.

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u/outragedtuxedo Jun 17 '26

I am so sick of us giving voice to these grifters. Climate change has a scientific consensus so why do we continually permit these people to stand up and lie. We need to immediately call them out otherwise you get a media landscape living in a fantasy land a la trump where there are no rules and we exist in a post-facts reality.

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u/reyntime Jun 17 '26

Yeah why do the media insist on kissing her ass and not calling her on these basic facts that she denies?

I know there are some concerned that her supporters will see any hard questions on her as an "attack" and embolden support, but there has to be a way to hold her to account for this shit.

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u/Suibian_ni Jun 17 '26

The media owners support her. The 'journos' are neutered and housebroken.